Cape Cannon

Cape Cannon
Kap Cannon
Headland
Map of Greenland section.
Map of Greenland section.
83°31′N 36°54′W / 83.517°N 36.900°W / 83.517; -36.900
LocationPeary Land, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesLincoln Sea
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Cannon (Danish: Kap Cannon) is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

The cape was named by Robert Peary after Henry W. Cannon, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[1]

Geography

Cape Cannon is located at the northern end of Gertrud Rask Land, Peary Land. Benedict Fjord lies to the west of this headland with its mouth between Cape Cannon and Cape Washington.[2]

The glacier discharging just east of the cape is the only one in the area that produces icebergs. About 10 km (6.2 mi) further to the east there is an unnamed fjord, with its mouth located west of Cape Christian IV[3]

References

  1. ^ Robert E. Peary, Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 -1906. p. 329
  2. ^ "Kap Cannon". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 96
  • Evolution of the Kap Cannon Thrust Zone (North Greenland)
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